Delicious and refreshing summer drinks to help keep the heat at bay
Preparation10 MIN mins
Cooking10 MIN mins
Category Refreshing Drinks
KitchenMain West
This summer, skip the sugary sodas and make these fabulous and deliciously refreshing drinks at home instead. You can serve them at your summer brunches, and we’re sure your guests will be impressed!
Guava bombay

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Take time: 2 minutes
Serves: 1
Ingredients:
120ml guava juice
3 kaffir lime leaves
15ml lime juice
10ml sugar syrup
soda to top it off
Red chili salt for garnish
Method:
In a shaker, mash the kaffir lime leaves with the lime juice and sugar syrup
Pour the rest of the ingredients over it and shake the drink
Double strain the drink over fresh ice in an old-fashioned glass, garnish the rim with red chili salt and add kaffir lime leaves
Recipe from mixologist, Nilesh Patel, Beverage Manager, West, Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality Pvt. ltd
Heat wave passion

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Serves: 1
Ingredients :
15ml lemon juice
20ml passion fruit puree
30ml pineapple juice
15ml passion fruit syrup
shake and top with ginger beer
Method:
Add lemon juice, passion fruit puree, pineapple juice and passion fruit syrup to a cocktail shaker
Shake and top up with ginger beer
Recipe from Leese, Group Beverage Manager, Bastian Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
Jamaica water

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Serves: 5
Ingredients
1 liter of water
1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar or sweetener of your choice (depending on how sweet you want it to be)
1/2 cup dried hibiscus pearls
1/2 cinnamon stick
a few thin slices of ginger (optional)
a squeeze of lime
orange or lime slices for garnish
Method
Boil 500ml of water with the spices until the sugar has dissolved.
Remove from the heat, stir in the dried hibiscus flowers and let steep for 20 minutes.
Strain into a pitcher (if saving for later, refrigerate this concentrate until you’re ready to make the drink.)
Add the remaining 500ml of water. Alternatively, you can add ice and chilled club soda for a fizzy version.
Squeeze some lime juice and garnish with a slice of lime or orange. Enjoy!
Recipe by Snigdha Manchanda, founder of Tea Trunk
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